A six-year-old is developing the mental structures to support and organize hundreds of different emotional and behavioral patterns. The six-year-old is also developing abstract thinking, therefore, instead of just thinking about what is happening at any given moment, the six-year-old can think about the consequences of his or her behavior before actually doing the behavior. For more information on the emotional development of a young child, you may want to read First Feelings.

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